Planned health and safety tree works
Find out about our planned health and safety tree works.
For medium and large-sized trees, it is normal for the tree felling and stump removal to be done in 2 stages. This is due to the differing equipment required.
Every year the council undertakes a cycle of routine health and safety inspections as part of the council's cyclical tree maintenance programme.
The trees are inspected using Visual Tree Assessment (VTA) techniques, a standard approach to tree risk assessment, involving the diagnosis of structural defects, the evaluation of their significance from visible signs and the application of arboricultural biomechanical knowledge.
A number of issues were raised regarding the health of a number of trees. As a result, the following essential arboricultural safety works have been instructed.
Works will take place between February 2025.
What we are working on
| Location | Ward | Species | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opposite 41 Wilverley Crescent | Motspur Park & Old Malden East | Norway maple | Fell & Grind Stump (Our policies state that we won't prune or remove healthy trees as the result of a subsidence complaint without evidence being provided which is considered to be an overriding justification and no alternative management practices can be implemented. We had undertaken work within our 3 yearly cyclical maintenance regime which had no impact on the major damage being caused to the property. This is in line with council tree strategy policies.) |
| Opposite 66 Blakes Lane | Motspur Park & Old Malden East | Oak | Fell to ground (monolith with extensive basal decay) |
| Outside 8 Bramshaw Rise | Motspur Park & Old Malden East | Crab apple | Fell & grind to 30cm (major decay & tree in major decline) |
| Outside 8 Blakes Lane | Motspur Park & Old Malden East | Amelanchier | Fell & grind to 30cm (dead) |
| Outside 21 Lyndhurst Drive | Motspur Park & Old Malden East | Cherry | Fell & grind to 30cm (dead) |
| Outside 23 Northcote Avenue | Alexandra | Rowan | Fell & grind to 30cm (basal decay, crown decline, no long term potential) |
| Outside 93 South Lane | Green Lane & St James | Cherry | Fell and grind |
| Opposite 108 South Lane | Green Lane & St James | Apple | Fell and grind |
| Outside 120 South Lane | Green Lane & St James | Maple | Fell and grind |
| Outside 8 Graham Road | Green Lane & St James | Rowan | Fell and grind |
| Outside 114 South Lane | Green Lane & St James | Maple | Fell and grind stump |
| Opposite 21 Windsor Avenue | Green Lane & St James | Cherry | Fell & grind stump |
| 6 Green Lane | Green Lane & St James | Purple Plum | Fell & grind to 30cm (major decay at base, significant ganoderma all round base) |
| Outside 23 Groveland Way | Green Lane & St James | Cherry | Fell & grind to 30cm (Half dead. No long term potential of retaining the remaining section of the tree.) |
| Outside 7 Selwyn Road | Green Lane & St James | Lime | Fell and grind stump |
| Outside 7 Bodley Road | Green Lane & St James | Cherry | Fell & Stump grind |
| Chester House | Norbiton | Elder | Fell (Fungal braket and basal decay) |
| Outside 24 Ernest Road | Norbiton | Cherry | Fell & grind |
| Left side of 8 Douglas Road | Norbiton | Pear | Fell & grind |
| Opposite 8 Somerset Road | Norbiton | Pear | Fell & grind |
Upcoming parks tree works
- Canbury Gardens 16th to 25th September 2024 (approximately 8 days)
- Kingfisher playground and park 26th September 2024
- Queens promenade 30th September to 2nd October 2024
- Fairfield Recreation Ground 3rd October to 15th October 2024 (approximately 10 days)
Be aware of footpath closures during this time.